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Page 56
Courteously but firmly he complained that many English novels were parochial
and inward-looking and dealt with questions that were trivial or unintelligible to
the outsider. American fiction, on the other hand, communicated directly and ...
Courteously but firmly he complained that many English novels were parochial
and inward-looking and dealt with questions that were trivial or unintelligible to
the outsider. American fiction, on the other hand, communicated directly and ...
Page 105
This is apparent in one of his finest novels, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, where
the unfortunate Mr Pinfold, although clearly the vehicle for many of Waugh's
prejudices and ways of looking at the world, is never wholly identified with; there
is a ...
This is apparent in one of his finest novels, The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold, where
the unfortunate Mr Pinfold, although clearly the vehicle for many of Waugh's
prejudices and ways of looking at the world, is never wholly identified with; there
is a ...
Page 117
The total pattern of Waugh's work reveals a consciousness that is indeed
dedicated to looking backward, to reliving the past and trying to preserve its
values, and which ultimately is unable to resist the pressures of modernity,
although it never ...
The total pattern of Waugh's work reveals a consciousness that is indeed
dedicated to looking backward, to reliving the past and trying to preserve its
values, and which ultimately is unable to resist the pressures of modernity,
although it never ...
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Contents
preface | 7 |
The Novel No Longer Novel | 11 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Situation of the Novel Critical essays in modern literature, ISSN 0070-153X |
| Author | Bernard Bergonzi |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press, 1971 |
| ISBN | 0822932148, 9780822932147 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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